Dev RFC: MapUnit and automated - doc and roadmap? about unciv HOT 4 OPEN

Automated units are supposed to have only "automated true" set, not the action - this is so that automated units can have a state, like "set up", "fortified", etc, without taking them out of automation

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So UnitActionType.ConnectRoad isn't supposed to be treated as automated?

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ConnectRoad is a specific action we ask the unit to do. You could consider that automation or not, that's semantics.
What the unit is not, is Automated, with a capital A. Capital A Automated units are set into that mode by the user, and from then on do whatever they think is best. In fact an automated unit could decide that it needs to connect a road and then it's be doubly automated

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What the unit is not, is Automated, with a capital A

Then the connect road code is bugged in a minor way - perfect, all perceived inconsistencies explained.

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